Breaza, Suceava

Breaza
Breaza
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location in Suceava County
	Breaza Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 47°37′N 25°20′E / 47.617°N 25.333°ECoordinates: 47°37′N 25°20′E / 47.617°N 25.333°E
Country	Romania
County	Suceava
Population (2011)	1,512
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	SV

Breaza (Ukrainian: Бряза) is a commune located in Suceava County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Breaza, Breaza de Sus and Pârâu Negrei.

The commune shares its name with Breaza, Prahova County, its name being derived from a Slavic word, breza, meaning "birch tree".^[2] Inhabited by a majority of Ukrainians up to the 1930s, the ethnicity and language of all its inhabitants are today reported as Romanian.

Breaza is located at a distance of 359 km north of Bucharest, 69 km west of Suceava.

Population[]

The commune includes the following villages:

Breaza (Ukrainian: Бряза) (1159 inhabitants)
Breaza de Sus (Ukrainian: Бряза-де-Сус) (333 inhabitants)
Pârâu Negrei (Ukrainian: Пириу-Негрей) (198 inhabitants)

According to the 2002 census,^[3] there were 1,690 people living in the commune, all of them Romanians. According to the 2011 census, 98.88% are Romanians and 0.86% of unknown ethnicity. All the inhabitants of the commune called Romanian their native language. As a result of Romanization, the national composition of the commune changed dramatically compared to 1930 (60.03% of Ruthenians, 5.95% of Jews, 1.08% of Russians, 0.7% of Germans, 0.06% of Poles, and 32.13% of Romanians). In the 1930 census, Ruthenians (Ukrainians) and Russians were counted separately.

As of religion, the composition of the population of the commune today is: 99.1% Orthodox, 0.7% Adventeists, 0.2% Pentecostals.

References[]

^ "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
^ Iordan, Iorgu (1963). Toponimia romînească. Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne. p. 80. OCLC 460710897.
^ "Structura Etno-demografică a României" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2011-12-15.

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[wikidata-71f49f2463186898cc435ca9ae00ce2f57ab1cdc-v3-1] "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

[2] Iordan, Iorgu (1963). Toponimia romînească. Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne. p. 80. OCLC 460710897.

[3] "Structura Etno-demografică a României" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2011-12-15.

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v t Suceava County, Romania
Cities	Suceava (county seat) Câmpulung Moldovenesc Fălticeni Rădăuți Vatra Dornei
Towns	Broșteni Cajvana Dolhasca Frasin Gura Humorului Liteni Milișăuți Salcea Siret Solca Vicovu de Sus
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